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Axopod

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axiopodnounAlternative form of axopod. [Any of a group of thin pseudopods containing complex arrays of microtubules and enveloped by cytoplasm.]
axopodiumnounaxopod
axoplastnoun(biology) A dense structure, with no microtubules, located in the center or close to the nucleus of a cell, and from which radiate axopodia.
pseudopodnoun(cytology) A temporary projection of the cytoplasm of certain cells, such as phagocytes, or of certain unicellular organisms, such as amoebas, that serves in locomotion.
rhizopodnounA member of the taxonomic superclass of Rhizopoda, being a type of amoeboid single-cell life with pseudopods not supported by a regular array of microtubules.
pseudopodiumnoun(cytology) pseudopod
endopoditenoun(biology) The innermost of two processes attached to the basal process of the limbs of some Crustacea.
acanthopodiumnounA toothlike pseudopodium in some amoebas, typically in members of the genus Acanthamoeba.
axostylenounA sheet of microtubules found in certain microbial eukaryotes, arising from the bases of the flagella.
dactylopodidnounAny amoeboid protist of the order Dactylopodida
axoplaxomenoun(biology) a cytoskeletal plate attached to an acrosome of spermatids
lobopodiumnounA thick, coarse pseudopodium
endopodnounendopodite
subpseudopodnoun(cytology) A short projection, similar to a pseudopod
nanopodnoun(cytology) A surface container for outer membrane vesicles
protopodnounSynonym of protopodite.
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amoebanoun(biology) A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.
apocytiumnoun(biology) A multinucleate mass of protoplasm that lacks a distinct cell membrane
phycoplastnoun(biology) An array of microtubules involved in the formation of cell walls.

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